David Warner Reveals How His Wife Helped Him at Every Stage of Life

Australian batsman David Warner has faced a lot of ups and downs in his cricketing career. He has been a legendary figure in his 11 years long career. Though Warner has achieved a lot, he has also been a controversial figure. The batsman also had to face a 12 months long ban from cricket due to the ball-tampering scandal in 2018. 

It was tough for Warner to deal with all the negativity for the 12 months. Also, returning to the game after such a long period wasn’t smooth. David played decently in World Cup 2019 but he bounced back brilliantly in the home summer to pick up the Allan Border Medal in February. 

Talking about the rough phase of his life, Warner admitted that he was able to survive all that only with the support of his wife Candice. In a chat with Harsha Bhogle for Cricbuzz, Warner gave the credit of shaping up his career again to his better half. The cricketer revealed that his wife changed his approach to the game. She also taught him the importance of self-discipline and training. 

David Warner praises wife Candice Warner

Warner told Harsha, “When I have been given responsibility – I’m not saying I need that to be mature – it’s what turned me around – falling in love with my wife, that was a big one. Not being rude, but I never used to listen to many people except my parents.”

Warner admitted that being an athlete herself, his wife followed a strict schedule of diet and training. She encouraged him to exercise early in the morning. 

The star cricketer revealed, “But when Candice came into my life, as an athlete herself, she was like, ‘Why would you drink a day before a game? Why would you contemplate staying awake after midnight, or why would you not train today?’ There was no rest for her, no alcohol.”

He added, “Anything that ever hindered her sport, she was like, ‘You’re not an athlete, how can you do that?’(She was) Up at 5 o’clock in the morning to go and train. I was like, ‘We don’t play cricket at 5 am, we play cricket at 8 o’clock at night. But the beauty of it was she was teaching me discipline and that’s what was missing from my youth. Coming through the cricket system was the discipline side of things.”

David exclaimed that training at 4:30 completely changed him as a human being. It also helped him in improving his game. Warner enjoys a good personal life with his wife and three daughters. 

He concluded, “From there I got up at 4.30 am, I trained, I did it for at least 10 weeks and it completely changed me. I saw cricket and I saw my life from a different perspective and it grew and grew and grew and I haven’t looked back since.”